last week the cia managers told officials benghazi not to go to the aid -- oh, they gave a stand-down order? >> no. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: when the annex itself was under attack officials refused to pass along request for military assistance and one of the officers had laser sited pointing at the attackers. they responded actually within 25 minutes, jim. >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: this is just a completely -- >> they had sharks with laser beams -- >> it's a gish-gallop. >> stephanie: yeah. the attack was over before the forces could be employed. there were no orders to anybody to standown. and another senior intelligence official, armed droneings were not nearby. people think armed drones are some sort of magical robot wizard -- >> well why didn't nate silver fix it. [overlapping speakers] >> stephanie: why didn't they fix it? this is why i was saying, they were talking about it literally in the romney hall. people were stunned. they absolutely believed that dick morris and rush limbaugh and the romney -- absolutely he was going to win. they absolutely were stunned -- because eric bol